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The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...
The Church of God (Restoration) is a Christian denomination that was founded in the 1980s by Daniel (Danny) Layne. [96] In a booklet written by Layne in the early 1980s, he claimed to be an ex-heroin addict who spent years dealing drugs and living a life of crime and sin on the streets of San Francisco.
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.
(Not shown are ante-Nicene, nontrinitarian, and restorationist denominations.) A broad overview of various Christian groups including a historical context . See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Protestantism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [11] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
World Christian Encyclopedia is a reference work, with its third edition published by Edinburgh University Press in November 2019. The WCE is known for providing membership statistics for major world religions and Christian denominations including historical data and projections of future populations.
This category refers to Christian groups that are restorationist in their outlook, believing that a purer form of Christianity should be restored using the early church as a model. It is sometimes used more specifically as a synonym for the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement .
Christian denominations in the United Kingdom (20 C, 9 P) Christian denominations in the United States (8 C, 5 P) Z. Christian denominations in Zambia (2 C, 4 P)